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This contemporary reworking of a traditional ‘toile de Jouy’ transports you to the Brazilian rainforest. Here, painted with an Escher-like quality, sky-blue stilt houses, known as ‘palafitas’, perch among dense, lush foliage. Inside each of them is a surprisingly modern interior and a single occupant – a gentle reminder of our current lockdown-induced isolation.

‘Palafitas Amazonia’ wallcovering from the ‘Décors & Panoramiques’ collection, £159 per linear m, Arte (arte-international.com)